In Honglu Temple, the arrival of the envoys from the Liao Dynasty made the atmosphere here a little strange. Both the Khitan people and the Song people looked polite, but underneath this peace there was an undercurrent.
There is no doubt that Ye An has become the focus of everyone's attention. After all, at his age, it is extremely rare for him to serve as the chief official of the year coin negotiation at such a young age.
This reminds people of the fact that Gan Luo became prime minister at the age of twelve. Although the young man in front of him is a few years older than Gan Luo, how many people in the world can compare with Gan Luo?
Ye An was used to being the center of attention, and he might have been a little embarrassed at first, but as time went by, he became thick-skinned, and there were many such eyes on him in the court.
Sixteen years old is not considered young. In this era, he is already a well-established person. There are also many officials with the same honor or grace as him, but they are not entrusted with important responsibilities.
He scratched his head gently and looked at the serious-faced Han Chen opposite him, a little surprised. He didn't expect that his opponent was also a Han, of course a Han from the Liao Dynasty.
Due to various historical reasons, there were not a few Han people in the Liao Dynasty, and many of them entered the court as officials. Especially in the South Court, most of them were Han ministers, but the kings of the South Court were mostly Khitans.
At this time, Ye An began to regret and sigh. The Liao people were so "cunning" that they used Han people to deal with Han people. It was of course more appropriate to use Han people who were familiar with Han systems and Han etiquette to negotiate with Han people.
At this time, Yelu Zongzheng was already sitting on the side. It was obvious that he came to this discussion of coins with a more knowledgeable attitude, and he was naturally incomparable with himself as the chief official.
He couldn't help but smile triumphantly at him. This smile made the young and energetic Yelv Zongzheng a little unable to sit still. Fortunately, he looked at the middle-aged man next to him before he could restrain himself. Obviously, this middle-aged man's identity was not simple.
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The middle-aged man tilted his head slightly and glanced at Yelu Zongzhen beside him, then lowered his head slightly and said: "Young people are less likely to get angry. The more calm they are, the more submissive and courageous they will be. The more provocative they are, the more they will kill themselves!"
He was still educating Yelu Zongzheng in the front, but he started to attack Ye An later, but his words did make sense. Yelu Zongzheng quickly calmed down, and his eyes when he looked at the other side were no longer so angry. This was what Ye An didn't want to see the most.
Arrived.
"This is Han Chong'an, the Situ of the Southern Academy of Liao Dynasty! It is about raising annual coins to pay tribute!"
Yelu Zongzheng's voice echoed in the hall, making the officials of the Song Dynasty change their expressions. Although it was a Sui coin, it was not called that in name. This was the dignity given to the Song Dynasty by the Liao Dynasty, and the Sui coin was a word of humiliation.
!As for the tribute, it is even more unacceptable.
What is tribute? It is tribute!
The gifts presented by subjects to the ruler and emperor are called tributes, and the gifts presented by believers to gods are called tributes. Of course, the gifts presented by vassal states to the suzerain state are also called tributes!
"Once upon a time, there were two families, one was poor and savage, and the other was rich and polite. So the poor made a plan, and the poor family robbed the rich family's property from the common people, but they were not beaten and died.
A nursing home. At this time, the rich people couldn't stand it, so they promised to compensate you some money if your poor minister is like this and a nursing home dies! When the poor heard this, they thought that there is such a good thing? So?
So they agreed and wanted to be brothers with the rich family. Unfortunately, they didn't know that the rich family had the power to get rid of the poor family at that time. They were just worried that they would be seriously damaged and fell into the poor family, so they made this move!"
The story is very simple, just one sentence: "A poor man plans to get rich and has a conscience", but when it comes out from Ye An's mouth, it is completely describing the shamelessness of the Liao people and the kindness and compassion of the Song people after the Chanyuan Alliance.
The success of marketing soft articles lies in making the audience unconsciously affected by it. It is said that they are officials from the Song Dynasty, but even though the Liao people disagree on the surface, they unconsciously agree with Ye An's words.
Han Chongan, who was sitting opposite Ye An, smiled and said: "Oh? What if this poor family originally appeared before the rich family? The rich family got married later. Don't you know that this poor family only let the rich family go?
The clamor of the rich today."
"Oh! Before I finished telling my story, the poor man's dog jumped out!"
The hall fell into dead silence. Xia Song twitched her mouth and turned to look at Ye An. Ye An nodded with a smile and said, "How about it? My story is good, isn't it?"
"Too much bullying! Are the officials of the Song Dynasty so rude?! During the negotiation between the two countries, they used vulgar words to insult our Daliao envoy?!"
Finally, some of the ministers of the Liao Dynasty couldn't help but stood up and yelled, but Ye An said calmly: "Who? Who dares to insult my foreign minister who is on an envoy to the Song Dynasty?! I just told a story! Who dares to take a quote out of context and extend it?
When it comes to national affairs, who dares to alienate our country, the brothers of Song and Liao!"
Finally, Xia Song finally saw what it means to be shameless. To be able to say such words from his mouth was like ridiculing him and giving him a slap in the face in front of the Liao people.
He could only pray in his heart that Ye An would stop angering the Liao Dynasty envoy with his words. Didn't he see that the veins in Han Chongan's hands on the opposite side were exposed?
Ye An is not a fool. He has been insulted to regain his position. There is no need to mess up this negotiation. Giving out the coins is already the biggest humiliation to the Song Dynasty.
"Envoy Han, since you are the envoy of the Liao Dynasty, you represent the interests of the Liao Dynasty. I wonder how much money the Liao Dynasty will need this time?"
Slowly relaxing his clenched fists, Han Chongan worked hard to adjust his breathing. He glanced at Yelu Zongzheng, whose eyes were already red, and smiled softly: "I never thought that such an extraordinary young man would come out of the Southern Dynasty.
The blessing is the disaster of the Southern Dynasty! Daliao has been hit by many disasters this year. I heard that locusts from the Southern Dynasty have flown into Daliao. We need a lot of help from the Southern Dynasty for this year's Zhengdan exchanges, with money of 200,000 guan and 100,000 bolts of silk...
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Fart! The west side of Henan Prefecture in the Song Dynasty was hit by a locust plague. Even if you could fly, it would only end when you reach Dengfeng. How could you fly to the Liao Dynasty? There is also a huge Hedong Road in the middle, between the three prefectures and two states.
Damn it! According to this, wouldn’t the entire Hedong Road be finished long ago?!
Ye An looked at Han Chongan with a sneer. Sure enough, he doubled the annual coins as soon as he opened his mouth. It was really a "lion's mouth opened wide"!
This is a small diplomatic trick, fabricating something out of thin air. Certain forces in later generations often did this, and what is surprisingly consistent with it now is that their compatriots always stand up and echo it.
Xia Song looked at Ye An angrily and whispered: "This is how you caused trouble because of your quick talk!"
"What you have to do now is to stand with me, instead of playing into other people's hands and opposing me! If you even go against me, this negotiation will definitely lose. This is the result that Han Chongan wants!
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Ye An's voice was cold and emotionless, and Xia Song was gradually startled: "What should we do?"
The older generation of diplomats taught me a very good way, if you can't talk, just drink and eat!
Ye An suddenly stood up and said: "I can't accept the price you offered, and the Song Dynasty can't accept it, but since the Liao envoy came from afar, he should taste the exotic flavor, oh, it might also be the flavor of his homeland! Today I am here This Honglu Temple is hosting a banquet to entertain you all!"
After Ye An finished speaking, he pulled Xia Song up and left, leaving only a confused Han Chongan and a laughing Yelu Zongzheng.
After leaving the gate, the laughter became much quieter. Xia Song suddenly pulled Ye An and said, "Is there anything Ye Hou can do?"
"No, but I want to know the details of Han Chongan, so I need time to think of a way. If you run faster, you can still get to the Imperial City Division!"
Xia Song had been tortured by Ye An and had no idea. At this time, she could only listen to Ye An turn around and run away, and asked: "Why are you going to the Imperial City Department?"
"Look for Mr. Chen to ask clearly!"
Now that the matter has reached this point, Xia Song has no other choice and quickly heads to the Imperial City Division. As for what to ask? He might as well seek out Senior Official Chen. Who doesn't know that he, Ye An, has a close personal relationship with Senior Official Chen?!
Han Chongan in the hall was equally puzzled. He looked at Yelu Zongzheng next to him and said, "Brother Cha, who is this Yunzhong Junhou? How dare he be!"
"That's the man who killed Ge Zhi and Natuo in Jingfufang!"
Looking at the sound of Yelu Zongzheng gritting his teeth, Han Chongan couldn't help but take a breath: "How can a young man kill Ge Zhi Na Tuonigong's branch army? Or in a busy city like Jingfufang?"
"Absolutely true!"
After receiving a positive answer, Han Chongan narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the back of the young man outside the hall with an increasingly cold look: "Such a wicked young man has appeared in the Southern Dynasties. We must get rid of him as soon as possible!"
This time it was Yelu Zongzheng's turn to be surprised: "Does Situ value Ye An too much? He is just a lucky minister!"
Han Chong'an shook his head slightly and said: "My uncle once said that it is not terrible to have a peerless civil servant in the Southern Dynasty, nor is it terrible to have an unparalleled general, but it is most terrible to have a civil servant who can lead troops and fight with strategies."
"What did Shangshu Ling say? But there is no such person in the Southern Dynasties!"
Shaking his head gently, Han Chongan looked at the confused Yelu Zongzheng beside him and said: "Yes, Kou Laoxi can be regarded as one! Because of him, we lost the battle of Chanyuan!"
"We didn't lose!"
"No, we lost, but the Song people lost to themselves!"